Bulgaria's Endless Protests

No government in Sofia will have the esteem of its citizens until the vestiges of the communist era are eliminated from public life.

By

Simeon Djankov

July 28, 2013 2:51 p.m. ET

Bulgaria is making the international headlines these days, and not for happy reasons. For 45 days and counting, there have been daily protests against the government, numbering in the tens of thousands. Protestors last week laid siege on Parliament while it was still in session, stranding ministers and MPs for one sleepless night. The police tried in vain to breach the barricades, hurting some protestors in the process and serving only to swell their ranks. The demonstrations are by now the longest-lasting since the dawn of...